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Riot with The Cure

Attention fans of The Cure – September is going to be a riot! The band is currently slated to play Toronto Riot Fest & Expo, Chicago Riot Fest and Carnival and Denver's Riot Fest and Sideshow.

The fun kicks off September 6th and 7th for fans who want to 'riot' along with the band. The Toronto gigs will be at Downsview Park on those dates, and a week later The Cure takes over Humboldt Park in Chicago (Sept. 12-14). The Denver show will play at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium on September 19-21st. The venue was forced to move away from its inaugural home in Byers, Colorado, but all tickets will be honored at the new location.

The Riot Fest dates continue an effort by The Cure to play as many big festivals as possible. Their dedication to their live shows has not hampered work on "4:14 Scream," an album containing 14 songs recorded during the "4:13 Dream" sessions. They are also scheduled to release "4:26 Dream," which will contain (you guessed it) 26 unreleased songs from those sessions.

For fans looking for new music from The Cure, Robert Smith said he hopes to enter the studio to record a new album with the current lineup once the aforementioned projects are finished. In the meantime, you can check out the new publication of "Obscure," a new book of rare and unseen photographs of the band. It was published worldwide in September 2014 and has been compiled with the full input of Smith, who also wrote the foreword.

The Cure heads South of the Border (Updated April 11, 2013)

New music festivals are popping up all over the world, mixing in with the likes of Coachella and Bonnaroo. And chances are, The Cure is playing one of them in 2013. In fact, these guys are shaping up to be absolute road warriors, with their current schedule taking them everywhere from Brazil to Mexico and everywhere in between.

Some 17 years in the making, the band's trip to Latin America falls under their 'LatAm2013' tour and includes stops in places like Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Lima, and Mexico City. Officially, it marks the back of a run of 19 major European headline spots to close out 2012, which began at Pinkpop in May and ended at Eire's Electric Picnic in Ireland in September.

Logically, South America seemed like the next best place to be. But when the band returns to North America, they've got some big dates circled on the calendar. First is the Osheaga Music and Arts festival August 2-4 in Canada, followed by that previously mentioned gigantic weekend-long summer music event in Chicago's Grant Park so lovingly known as Lollapalooza.

Up for a bit of trivia? Consider this – in its long history as a rock band, The Cure has never actually performed at Lollapalooza. At their first trip to the party they'll be backed by Phoenix and Vampire Weekend, along with a list of other groups that will perform throughout the day.

Bottom line here? If you've been itching to see The Cure in person, then 2013 is your year. Make sure to get your tickets at SeatGeek to see these radically popular rockers today.

About The Cure

Credited as one of the bands that laid the groundwork for goth rock, The Cure emerged behind frontman Robert Smith in West Sussex, England in 1976. The only constant member, Smith has been notorious for his ghoulish, often macabre appearance as a complement to the band's tormented music.

Originally called the Easy Cure, Smith and schoolmates Michael Dempsey (bass) and Laurence Tolhurst (drums) landed a series of record deals behind a demo tape which featured the song 'Killing an Arab.' The band's debut album, 'Three Imaginary Boys,' was released in 1979 to mostly positive press, and that same year the Cure embarked on its first major tour.

The band's sound - and its members - would continue to evolve and change over the next several albums, morphing from dark, edgy and depressing to relatively upbeat synth-disco fare. It was the 1985 album 'The Head on the Door' which fused earlier works and up-tempo dance hits that gave the Cure its breakthrough success. The 1987 project 'Kiss, Kiss Me, Kiss Me' spawned four hit singles ('Why Can't I Be You,' 'Catch,' 'Just Like Heaven,' 'Hot Hot Hot!!!') in the U.K.

To date, the band has released 13 studio albums (including 2008's '4:13 Dream'), 10 EPs and over 30 singles. Since 2010 they have been working on a 14th studio album and continue to sell out venues whenever they tour. The Cure headlined a series of major European Music Festivals in the summer of 2012 and will play the Leeds Festival in the U.K. in late August.

The Cure Discography

Album name

Release date

Bestival Live 2011

2011

Pillbox Tales: 1977-1979

2010

Freakshow

2008

Sleep When I'm Dead

2008

The Only One

2008

The Perfect Boy

2008

4:13 Dream

2008

Hypnagogic States EP

2008

The Dragon Hunters Song

2006

Taking Off

2005

Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities

2004

alt.end

2004

The Cure

2004

The End of the World

2004

Disintegration (Live)

2003

Dr. Robert and Mr. Smith

2001

Cut Here

2001

Greatest Hits

2001

Maybe Someday

2000

Bloodflowers

2000

Rarities

2000

Wrong Number

1997

Five Swing Live

1997

Shake Dog Shake

1997

Galore: The Singles 1987-1997

1997

Teardrops and Temptations

1996

Strawberry Kisses

1996

Wild Mood Swings

1996

Mint Car

1996

Strange Attraction

1996

Gone!

1996

Collector's Kaleidoscope

1996

The 13th

1996

Retrospective

1996

Doctor Robert's Surgery

1995

Forbidden Toxic Medicine

1995

A Thousand Virgins

1995

Dredd Song

1995

Alternative Medicine

1995

Ultra Rare Trax

1994

Sideshow

1993

Show

1993

The Walk

1993

Paris

1993

Lost Wishes

1993

Shellfish's Advice

1993

High

1992

Wish

1992

1992-05-03: At the Edge of the Deep Green Sea: Kilburn National Ballroom, London, UK

News

May 16, 2014

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